PHILADELPHIA — Possession after possession, Jrue Holiday had the ball in his hands. And when he didn’t, it was because he had distributed it to someone else.

Three sessions into training camp, the 76ers already have seen enough out of Holiday to declare him a star. Well, that’s how assistant coach Brian James put it anyway.

With de facto scorer Andrew Bynum reduced to spectator mode at camp, Sixers coach Doug Collins has made it clear that he will allow Holiday to be the focus of the team’s offense.

“Doug made some wrinkle changes already with his adjustments and what we’re doing offensively, especially with our early offense,” James said Wednesday, following the team’s evening session at Saint Joseph’s University. “We’re going to put the ball in Jrue Holiday’s hands a little bit more.

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“If he’s going to be one of our stars, or our star, or one of the elite point guards, not only on our team but in the NBA, he’s got to have the ball in his hands a little bit more, Doug feels.”

That explains why the Sixers allowed Evan Turner to relinquish his ball-handling duties in transition Wednesday night, and instead focus on making plays off the ball. Turner contributed a number of secondary passes during the team’s scrimmage, converting touches at the high post into points on the low block for Spencer Hawes.

With Bynum only a few days into his three-week break from basketball activities, James made it sound as though the Sixers will spend these precious moments without their 7-footer working on improving their perimeter game. That’s not to say they’ll ignore the post. Rather, they’re hoping to get some cohesion among the guys on the wing.

James said the Sixers are “experimenting some” with the pieces they have, seeing how Jason Richardson and Nick Young adjust with Holiday as the primary ballhandler.

The Sixers got schooled Wednesday, raising their hands and asking for a little one-on-one with their coaches.

“We spent an extra hour before practice actually started where anybody that wanted extra help on any phase of their game. Obviously, we’re really good at player development, I feel, with our offense,” James said. “And we’re going to continue that, and that’s not just for the young guys. It’s for the new guys who are new to our team. Yet we had Xavier Silas there who was with our team last year. Just a refresher course.”

James said they “probably had 10, 12 guys” take part in the exercise. “Everybody but our starting five,” he said.

NOTES: Dorell Wright, who’s been playing on the second unit, has been turning heads. “When he’s got an open 3-point shot, everybody’s surprised when it doesn’t go in,” James said. Richardson, only in his fourth year, has shown flashes of veteran savvy. “He got our team together and said, ‘Stay off the officials. We’re talking to the officials too much during the drills,’” James said. “Right now, even though he’s new to the Sixers, we’re learning from him due to his experience.”